The primary objective of this research is to explore relations between impulsive behavior and smoking-cessation success among treatment-seeking teens enrolled in a quit-smoking program.

It is hypothesized that teens who do not successfully stop smoking (or who drop out of the treatment program) will be more impulsive (from measures taken just prior to treatment) than those who do successfully stop or significantly reduce rate of smoking.

Number of adolescents that quit/reduce smoking and those who do not quit/reduce. [ Time Frame: 8.5 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Primary outcomes will be the number of adolescents who quit or reduced smoking and the number of adolescents who did not quit or reduce.

Estimated Enrollment:

200

Study Start Date:

July 2008

Estimated Study Completion Date:

June 2013

Estimated Primary Completion Date:

June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Intervention Details:

Behavioral: Not-On-Tobacco smoking cessation program

Adolescent quit-smoking program; Not-On-Tobacco

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

13 Years to 19 Years (Child, Adult)

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Study population will be adolescent smokers between the ages of 13-19 recruited from local high-schools (Franklin county; Pike county, and Scioto County in Ohio), shopping malls, and newspaper ads.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Ages of 13 and 19

Enrolled in the NOT program offered by Nationwide Children's Hospital

Currently smoke at least one cigarette per day

Exclusion Criteria:

Adolescents must be English speaking

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01141517